Rogozin told about the development of a module to deliver cargo to the moon
"Roscosmos" plans to create a universal space module-lift for delivery of payloads from lunar orbit to the surface of the satellite, told reporters the head of state Corporation Dmitry Rogozin.
"Roscosmos" plans to create a universal space module-lift for delivery of payloads from lunar orbit to the surface of the satellite, told reporters the head of state Corporation Dmitry Rogozin.
According to Rogozin, this "lift" will be commercialized to " justify the enormous resources required for its implementation."
Until it is not clear how Russia intends to settle in the orbit of the moon. Conversations with NASA about the participation of "Roscosmos" the American project of lunar Gateway station in what have not resulted.
first the sources of the Last news in the space industry said that "Roscosmos" designing a super-heavy rocket "Yenisei" is the lifting version of " don ". The first is able to deliver to low-earth orbit a payload of Over 100 tons, to the moon - 27 tons. Second - least powerful - of 140 tons and 33 tons, respectively. Missiles are required to be used for launch to the moon manned transport spacecraft "eagle" weighing 20 tons, the lunar landing-takeoff of the complex mass of 27 tons and modules of a lunar base with a mass of 27 to 32 tons. Before the decision on the creation of super-heavy launch lunar exploration was planned to carry out with a few launches of heavy rockets " Angara ", collecting the necessary modules in earth orbit and then delivering them to the moon.
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